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Three to redshirt for UWM men's basketball

Three newcomers will redshirt during the 2013-'14 University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee men's basketball season, which opens Friday vs. Loyola.

Freshmen brothers Brett and Alex Prahl along with junior-college transfer Trinson White will all practice with the team this season but will not play in games. That will allow both Prahls to maintain four years of eligibility, while White will have two remaining.

The Prahls, both 6-foot-9, played at East Troy High School. Brett averaged 19.7 points last season while Alex chipped in 11.5 points per game.

White, a a 6-foot-5 Milwaukee Riverside product, is a transfer from Indian Hills Community College, where he averaged 6 points per game a season ago while being limited by injury.

The group of three joins three others players already sitting out this season due to NCAA transfer regulations. Akeem Springs is a transfer from Northern Illinois who will have three years of eligibility remaining after this season. Dan Studer and Connor Weas are both walk-on transfers who also will have three years remaining.

The Panthers tip off their season at 7 p.m. Friday in Chicago. Loyola is beginning its first season in the Missouri Valley Conference after previously being a Horizon League rival.